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The Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge situated along the shore of Ninigret Pond. [2] It is characterized by salt marshes , kettle ponds , freshwater wetlands , maritime shrub lands, and forests, and it is seasonally inhabited by over 250 species of birds.
Havenwoods State Forest: Milwaukee: 237 acres (0.95 km 2) 1979: Lincoln Creek: A green space and environmental education center within Milwaukee city limits. Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit : Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, and Washington: 29,268 acres (118 km 2) 1936: Numerous kettle lakes: Lapham Peak Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest: Waukesha
White Cedar Nature Center in Peninsula State Park: Fish Creek: Door: Lake Michigan: 3,776 acres Whitefish Dunes State Park Nature Center: Sturgeon Bay: Door: Lake Michigan: 865 acres, exhibits about the ecology, geology and cultural history of the park Wildwood Wildlife Park: Minocqua: Oneida: Lake Superior Northwoods: Zoo and nature center ...
The annual contest is hosted by The Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island.
Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of Rhode Island.Its headquarters is in Charlestown, Rhode Island.Dotted along the Rhode Island's Atlantic coastline, the five refuges that make up the complex (Ninigret, Trustom Pond, John H. Chafee at Petaquamscutt Cove, Block Island and Sachuest Point) offer a wide variety of natural settings.
The Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program is a conservation program created to highlight and protect areas with outstanding natural or archaeological resources in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. There are currently 687 State Natural Areas (SNAs) encompassing almost 400,000 acres (160,000 ha). [ 1 ]
According to information compiled by the Rhode Island Sea Grant program, Ninigret Pond's watershed covers 7,645.65 acres (3,094.08 ha), of which 5,820.79 acres (2,355.59 ha) is occupied by water; Ninigret Pond itself has a surface area of 1,580.38 acres (639.56 ha), while other, smaller bodies of water account for the other 244.48 acres (98.94 ha).
Legally two separate national forests—the Chequamegon National Forest and the Nicolet National Forest—the areas were established by presidential proclamations in 1933 and have been managed as one unit since 1998. [4] The Chequamegon National Forest comprises three units in the north-central part of the state totaling 865,825 acres (3,503.87 ...